Title :
An intelligent closed-loop control of solder paste stencil printing
Author :
Lotfi, Ahmad ; Howarth, Martin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Manuf. Eng., Nottingham Trent Univ., UK
Abstract :
We have introduced an automated learning closed-loop control scheme for the solder paste stencil printing stage of SMT. It reduces the number of board failures due to inadequate regulation of the printing parameters. Learning is used to compensate for a lack of a priori design information by exploiting empirical information that is gained experimentally
Keywords :
assembling; circuit reliability; closed loop systems; intelligent control; learning (artificial intelligence); printed circuit manufacture; process control; soldering; surface mount technology; SMT; a priori design information; automated learning closed-loop control scheme; board failures; empirical information; inadequate printing parameter regulation; intelligent closed-loop control; learning; printing parameters; solder paste stencil printing; Automatic control; Biographies; Fuzzy systems; Intelligent control; Manufacturing; Printers; Printing; Process control; Shape; Surface-mount technology;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics Manufacturing Technology Symposium, 1998. Twenty-Third IEEE/CPMT
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4523-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMT.1998.731039
